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greece downgraded deeper into junk." >> brown: if these are interesting times in greece, where you can see a man crawling into a recycling bin to cart away newspapers he'll sell for a pittance, and, of course, the weekly, sometimes daily, protest by various government workers, well, titos patrikios is a man who knows interesting times. >> interesting and difficult. but perhaps every interesting time is also a very difficult time, because easy times are not interesting perhaps. >> brown: a poet and elder statesman of greek letters, he's seen many of the hardships and horrors of greek history in the 20th century, including the german occupation in world war ii. >> here is athens during the occupation. a street in the center of athens, against the occupation. >> brown: so this was part of your life? >> somewhere back there, i'm in the crowd. >> brown: even more devastating, he says, was the greek civil war that followed, one that led to his own captivity and torture on an island prison. so you've seen much worse? >> i give always this example: that during the winter of 1940 to '41, every
greece downgraded deeper into junk." >> brown: if these are interesting times in greece, where you can see a man crawling into a recycling bin to cart away newspapers he'll sell for a pittance, and, of course, the weekly, sometimes daily, protest by various government workers, well, titos patrikios is a man who knows interesting times. >> interesting and difficult. but perhaps every interesting time is also a very difficult time, because easy times are not interesting perhaps....
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greece downgraded deeper into junk." tcr stash cash beneath the mattress, pack the trunk. will drachmas creep where euros fear to tread? if you believe the headlines, then we're sunk. a crisis that lasts for years? call it a funk. austerity starves the more its maw is fed, and downgrades all our deepest bonds to junk. every politician is a punk-- the right, the left; the blue, the green, the red; ministers in cahoots with the odd monk. we've lost our marbles. elgin took a chunk. caryatids, gone on strike, sit down instead. tear gas lingers like a whiff of skunk.e' weep, pericles, or maybe just get drunk.n we'll hawk the parthenon to buy our bread. if you believe the headlines, then we're sunk. greece downgraded deeper into junk."ng >> brown: if these are interesting times in greece, where you can see a man crawling into a recycling bin to cartco away newspapers he'll sell for a pittance, and, of course, the weekly, sometimes daily, protest by various government workers, well, titos patrikios is a man who knows interestin
greece downgraded deeper into junk." tcr stash cash beneath the mattress, pack the trunk. will drachmas creep where euros fear to tread? if you believe the headlines, then we're sunk. a crisis that lasts for years? call it a funk. austerity starves the more its maw is fed, and downgrades all our deepest bonds to junk. every politician is a punk-- the right, the left; the blue, the green, the red; ministers in cahoots with the odd monk. we've lost our marbles. elgin took a chunk. caryatids,...
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for greece as a whole, it means that and more. the headlines are about finance ministers, debt deals, austerity measures. but it's become clear that he problem here in greece now goes well beyond just the economy. as a recent european commission report says: after years of weak growth, the crisis is now having severe social consequences. look up and you still see the ancient acropolis, symbol of a glorious past. and some parts of the city bustle with holiday energy. but not far away: closed-up storefronts. and, further below the surface, this: a health clinic set up by the greek branch of the international aid group, doctors of the world to serve the country's newly poor. dr. nikitis kanakis is its director. >> brown: kanakis group, in fact, had to cut back some of its work in africa because of the needs at home. here in perama, unemployment tops 50% as the shrinking economy has crippled much of the local shipping industry. at the same time, the deeply indebted greek government has made dramatic budget cuts, including to health be
for greece as a whole, it means that and more. the headlines are about finance ministers, debt deals, austerity measures. but it's become clear that he problem here in greece now goes well beyond just the economy. as a recent european commission report says: after years of weak growth, the crisis is now having severe social consequences. look up and you still see the ancient acropolis, symbol of a glorious past. and some parts of the city bustle with holiday energy. but not far away: closed-up...
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. >> in some way was didn't happen, at the end of the year, standard & poor's upgraded greeces bond rating, europe found a way to muddle through. and the world didn't end on december 21st. >> woodruff: compactedly. which was a lot of people were take very seriously. >> but the mayans maybe not terrific forecasters. >> woodruff: looking back at 2012, michael kberb beschloss, richard norton smith, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and again the major developments of this day, >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day, bargaining on a fiscal cliff deal continued, but house republican leaders opted not to vote on anything tonight. that meant the government will >> the house adjourned for tomorrow so the government is guaranteed to go over the fiscal cliff, at least for the moment. and doctors at a new york hospital announced secretary of state hillary clinton has a blood clot between the school and brain. but they said she's making excellent progress. we're capturing new year's eve celebrations around the world and you can be a part of kwame holman has the details. >> ho
. >> in some way was didn't happen, at the end of the year, standard & poor's upgraded greeces bond rating, europe found a way to muddle through. and the world didn't end on december 21st. >> woodruff: compactedly. which was a lot of people were take very seriously. >> but the mayans maybe not terrific forecasters. >> woodruff: looking back at 2012, michael kberb beschloss, richard norton smith, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and...
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separately, finance ministers agreed to give greece its next bailout payment of $64 billion. in return, greece has agreed to reduce its debt load by buying back devalued bonds from private investors. the european court of human rights issued a landmark ruling today condemning the c.i.a.'s extraordinary renditions programs. it ruled that a german car salesman khaled el-masri was a victim of torture and abuse for four months at the hands of the c.i.a. el-masri said he was kidnapped from macedonia in 2003, interrogated and tortured at an afghan prison run by the c.i.a. and then dropped on an albanian mountainside when authorities realized he posed no threat. macedonia agreed to pay nearly $80,000 in damages. the u.s. has closed internal investigations into the el-masri case. starting today there should be one less reason to reach for the television remote. a new federal law went into effect banng brdcaste from airig commercials at volumes louder than the programming they accompany. the television industry has had one year to adopt the new rules. violations can be reported on the
separately, finance ministers agreed to give greece its next bailout payment of $64 billion. in return, greece has agreed to reduce its debt load by buying back devalued bonds from private investors. the european court of human rights issued a landmark ruling today condemning the c.i.a.'s extraordinary renditions programs. it ruled that a german car salesman khaled el-masri was a victim of torture and abuse for four months at the hands of the c.i.a. el-masri said he was kidnapped from macedonia...